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Longstanding Newsmax Home Page Error Message

How do I stop the attached Newsmax webpage error message that I encounter daily? I am using Firefox on a Macbook with OS Sequoia 15.6.1. This error message requires tha… (read more)

How do I stop the attached Newsmax webpage error message that I encounter daily? I am using Firefox on a Macbook with OS Sequoia 15.6.1. This error message requires that I switch to Brave to view Newsmax. This has been a longstanding problem with Firefox which I've posted before to no avail. Can anyone advise what the problem is? Thank you.

Asked by jmm0255 2 months ago

Last reply by jmm0255 1 month ago

Using old Firefox app from Time Machine

Hi I have lost all my passwords and bookmarks. Going into Time Machine, I wenk back a week, highlighted the Firefox app, and hit the restore button. So far, so good. W… (read more)

Hi I have lost all my passwords and bookmarks.

Going into Time Machine, I wenk back a week, highlighted the Firefox app, and hit the restore button.

So far, so good.

When I tried to open it, a message was displayed: Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks etc already saved to an existing Firefox profile. Create a new profile.

I tried to create a new profile without success. The page displayed did not explain how to do this.

TIA.

Asked by kwt1952 1 month ago

Last reply by kwt1952 1 month ago

this container garbage ???how do i remove this garbage ?

how do i remove this container garbage that just showed up on my computer did not ask for it ,do not want it, cant stand this garbage ! i never want to see it on my… (read more)

how do i remove this container garbage that just showed up on my computer did not ask for it ,do not want it, cant stand this garbage ! i never want to see it on my computer anywhere ever again , how do i remove this garbage and ,no i dont want it hidden ! i want it gone never to show its face on my computer ever again !!!!!!! so if someone would kindly tell me how to remove this garbage it would really make my day !

thank you ric

Asked by ric 1 month ago

Last reply by Paul 1 month ago

website screenshoting?

every so often when i go to a site it acts like it is taking a screenshot and fades out and disappears to the bottom right corner. i was wondering if that was a weird th… (read more)

every so often when i go to a site it acts like it is taking a screenshot and fades out and disappears to the bottom right corner.

i was wondering if that was a weird thing firefox is doing or maybe it is something on my end?
i tried to screen record it but it doesn't happen often enough to get a recording of it.

Asked by drakeelwood12 1 month ago

Is there a log for opened/closed tabs (that is not the History)? [Mysterious tabs randomly appearing and disappearing without leaving a History entry]

Once in a while, my firefox has been randomly getting a mysterious tab appear and immediately disappear, leaving me no time to check what it was. There isn't a clear patt… (read more)

Once in a while, my firefox has been randomly getting a mysterious tab appear and immediately disappear, leaving me no time to check what it was. There isn't a clear pattern to what triggers it or when does it happen... I think it happens like once or twice per day?

I assume it's just some buggy extension updating itself in the background or something like that, but I wanted to troubleshoot this issue just to be sure.

I wanted to check a log with details about previously opened/closed tabs, but these mysterious tabs leave no entries in the History at all. I searched around and couldn't find anything that helps me further. Is there anything like that I could check?

I'm not really sure if Troubleshoot Mode prevents this problem or not, since I haven't found a way to reliably reproduce it.

(I'm on 64-bit Windows, last observed this behavior on 142.0.1, but I updated to 143.0 just as I was about to post this)

Asked by MateusAuri 1 month ago

Last reply by MateusAuri 1 month ago

unwanted notifications

getting unwanted notifications from d35nd28hubcc73d4frm0.spanchaintech claims its from Mozilla Firefox telling me Trojan Virus detected! System alert! McAfee license e… (read more)

getting unwanted notifications from d35nd28hubcc73d4frm0.spanchaintech claims its from Mozilla Firefox telling me Trojan Virus detected! System alert! McAfee license expired! and tries to direct me to a site taking payment to upgrade my McAfee account My McAfee account has not expired Running a scan reveals no viruses or problems BUT - I can't find how to get rid of the notifications How do I get rid of the notifications?

Asked by kas5612188 1 month ago

Last reply by James 1 month ago

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firefox maxing out ram while idle in the background

Have been having an issue for the past month or two where if left in the background firefox will slowly start to eat up my available ram. I was using it like this perfect… (read more)

Have been having an issue for the past month or two where if left in the background firefox will slowly start to eat up my available ram. I was using it like this perfectly fine for years previous to now.

I dont have this issue when I'm actively using it, only when I tab away from it and specifically its not on screen. Once I tab back to firefox the ram usage immediately dips back down to normal. I have tried many things to try and solve this like doing a clean install of firefox, getting rid of extensions, clearing my browser cache, closing all other apps to verify it was just firefox, clearing my history, turning on hardware acceleration. Nothing seems to help, im really at a loss and I don't understand what changed besides it being updated in the past couple of months.

My computer is fairly heavy duty and I have 16gb of ddr4 ram that again was working perfectly fine to run firefox before these past couple of months. As a result of this issue however if left in the background for too long on accident firefox uses up all my idle ram and starts causing other programs to not be able to run and has even crashed my computer previously when trying to run a program like clip studio paint.

I have noticed that while running the firefox task manager there is definitely some difference in memory usage when i tab back in after letting it be in the background so I have attached screenshots of the regular usage while tabbed in and the captured usage when i tab back in.

Any possible solution is welcome because I really enjoy using firefox and i dont want to have to switch browsers unless absolutely necessary.

Asked by Gilligan 2 months ago

Answered by Gilligan 1 month ago

Google Not Contained by Container Tab

I am noticing what I think is a bug with Google and Firefox Container tabs. Currently: If I have a non-google site open in a particular container tab (say, LinkedIn.com … (read more)

I am noticing what I think is a bug with Google and Firefox Container tabs.

Currently: If I have a non-google site open in a particular container tab (say, LinkedIn.com on a LinkedIn container tab that I've designated as green colored), and then I make another new tab in that same container, and I type in google.com, Firefox automatically switches the tab type from the green LinkedIn container tab type to a colorless no-container tab, and, on top of that, because I am signed in to google in my no-container tab, it signs me in to my account.

Expected: When I open a new tab in a container, and I go to google.com, that the Firefox tab remain in that green container tab type and not switch me to a different tab type where I'm signed in to Google and it's tracking me.

Note: I am not looking for workarounds -- I have already been able to work around it myself. Rather, I am trying to report this as a bug.

Asked by boldrobot 2 months ago

Last reply by TechHorse 2 months ago

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Firefox locks out my taskbar.

Windows 11. I have my taskbar behaviour set to ‘Automatically hide the Taskbar’ So usually the Taskbar is not displayed, but when I move my cursor to the bottom of the sc… (read more)

Windows 11. I have my taskbar behaviour set to ‘Automatically hide the Taskbar’ So usually the Taskbar is not displayed, but when I move my cursor to the bottom of the screen it reappears. With Firefox I cannot make the Taskbar reappear.

Asked by anoble2 2 months ago

Answered by anoble2 2 months ago

Connect USB Device (Ledger)

Bei Aufruf der folgenden Adresse https://kasvault.io/wallet?deviceType=usb erscheint Screen Shot 1. Bei einen Klick auf den grünen Button passiert nichts. Mit dem Micros… (read more)

Bei Aufruf der folgenden Adresse https://kasvault.io/wallet?deviceType=usb erscheint Screen Shot 1. Bei einen Klick auf den grünen Button passiert nichts. Mit dem Microsoft Edge funktioniert es (siehe 2. Sreen Shot).

Google Translate:

When you access the following address https://kasvault.io/wallet?deviceType=usb Screenshot 1 appears. Clicking the green button does nothing. It works with Microsoft Edge (see screenshot 2).

Asked by bernd113 2 months ago